Chen Duo

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Sacrifice and life in the Heavenly God Cave

Chen Duo’s parents disappeared while she and Chen Mu were young, leaving their eldest and third uncles’ families to care for them. Her congenital high myopia prevented her from seeing clearly beyond one or two meters. The villagers considered the condition incurable and sent her to the Heavenly God Cave as a sacrifice despite Chen Mu’s opposition 1 3.

Chen Mu rescued her but could not immediately take her home. They survived in the cave for more than five months, eating hunted animals and sheltering behind fires and, later, rune defenses. At five years old, Chen Duo helped clean their shelter, dry meat, and make clothing from rat skins 4 5 8 11.

Chen Mu eventually made glasses that corrected her vision. He presented her restored eyesight as a miracle from the heavenly god, overcoming the elders’ refusal to readmit a sacrificial offering. After Chen Shanxiong tested her vision, she was allowed to return to the village rather than live under guard on the mountain behind it 10 11.

Martial training and journey to Central Land

After returning home, the siblings discovered the hidden Acala Heart Sutra. Chen Mu began teaching it to Chen Duo, whose martial talent contrasted sharply with her inability to understand talisman cultivation. He eventually stopped pressing her to study talismans and encouraged her to specialize in the Martial Dao 12 14 25.

Chen Duo later accompanied Chen Mu and A Huo toward Central Land, with Mingye joining them along the way. She rescued a little girl from beneath a corpse in a tribe massacred by horse bandits and proposed taking her as a sworn younger sister. The journey also exposed weaknesses in her combat experience, which improved through repeated dangerous encounters 50 52 54.

Heaven-Questioning Pavilion

Chen Duo received a high Spiritual Power aptitude rating in the Pavilion’s admissions examination. During the subsequent competitive trial, she provided gunfire support and defended Chen Mu’s central array disk. Niu Buqu eliminated her from the trial while she refused to abandon that position; the examination’s protection prevented her death 63 70 73.

Qiu Zhen personally sought her out as a disciple. She first asked to consult Chen Mu, then formally became Qiu Zhen’s personal disciple through three kneelings and nine kowtows 89.

Her time at the Pavilion ended in conflict over Mingye’s identity. Chen Duo refused to surrender her to Ge Yu and Hu Peng, suffered an injury from Hu Peng’s Thundercloud Palm, and escaped with Mingye. During the later breakout, she shot Ge Yu dead and forced Yi Qiao’er to surrender at gunpoint before fleeing with the others 181 188.

Defense of Chen Village and the Jianglan campaign

Back in Chen Village, Chen Duo became commander of the guards, overseeing village defenses and the protection of logistics forces. Chen Mu regarded defensive command as her particular strength, although she wanted to fight the Flame Blessing Tribe directly to avenge their mother’s suffering 193 210.

During the war against the allied tribes, she repeatedly proposed a surprise attack on the Jianglan stronghold to capture its leader and break the enemy coalition. Once authorized, she led the Five Elements Army using reconnaissance puppets and the All-Terrain Detection System. Her performance won the acceptance of Chen Rufeng, who had initially resisted serving under a younger clanswoman 235.

When Jiang Ji returned, Chen Duo survived his Setting Sun Divine Arrow and ordered her army to retreat while she held him off. Additional enemy legions blocked their escape, but A Huo arrived to reinforce them. Chen Duo subsequently captured Jiang Kechang, sealed his dantian, and returned with the victorious forces and their spoils 238 239 240 242.

Service to the Chen Kingdom

Chen Duo continued defending key positions during the beast tide and fighting Otherworldly Demons as Chen Village developed into the Chen Kingdom. At Moon Capital Pass, her liquid metal armor made her particularly effective against the enemy’s King Level combatants 287 301 363.

Chen Mu later declined to increase her military authority because her judgment had not kept pace with her strength. Instead, he entrusted her with establishing an organization that would recruit powerful Emperor Level experts as Attendants. She understood the reduction in military responsibility but welcomed work that offered greater freedom and opportunities to challenge strong opponents 402.

Before leaving the continent, Chen Mu gave Chen Duo and A Huo emergency control chips capable of shutting down Taichu. During the later fall of the imperial capital, Chen Duo protested abandoning the million soldiers in the outer city, then boarded the Saint Fighter after vowing revenge against the Heavenly Puppet Sect 425 507.

Netherworld, bloodline altar, and Buddhist diplomacy

Chen Duo accompanied Chen Mu to the Netherworld, where Mingye used the Netherworld Pearl to remove the Heavenly Dao’s rejection of her. After two days of sightseeing, she began cultivating with suitable saint-grade medicinal herbs; a Saint Level breakthrough was expected, though not confirmed in that account 552 553.

After absorbing super bloodline essence, she remained inside the clan’s altar for more than eighteen shichen—longer than Chen Zihu or Chen Hongjie. Chen Mu suspected this exceptional duration was connected to Chen Haoran’s identity as the new generation’s God-Slayer, but the passage does not establish her eventual awakening results 630.

She later helped arrange Netherworld support for the Chen Kingdom and traveled with A Huo to establish relations with the True Esoteric Buddhist Sect. Her criticism of ascetic withdrawal drew the attention of its Supreme Living Buddha, who recognized her mastery of the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body 674 704 706 707.

At Source Wood City, Chen Duo fought alongside Little White Fox, Ghost Sword Saint, and Elder Ming to keep Ancestor Tianhen away from the defensive array’s foundations. She was the strongest of the four, having greatly improved her golden body techniques under Master Yuanqing 743.

Appearance

• Childhood: At nine, wears finely crafted wooden-framed glasses, two braids, and leather gauntlets 25.
• Pavilion years: Described as petite, light-footed, sweet-looking, and endearingly innocent; wears a water-green dress in one appearance 150.
• Young adulthood: At seventeen, has become a graceful young woman. Years of military command later give her a more mature, capable bearing 210 301.
• Battle attire: Uses silver liquid metal armor that transforms into blades, firearms, and cannons 363.

Personality

Chen Duo is cheerful, affectionate, and direct, remaining lively around her family even after becoming steadier through military service. Childhood hardship makes her practical: she initially loses interest in the Floating Light and Fleeting Shadow Disc when Chen Mu describes it as entertainment without practical value. She nevertheless develops expensive habits, including buying attractive clothes and accessories that she soon discards 91 96 210.

She is deeply protective of people close to her. She shelters Mingye despite threats of arrest, remains attentive to her sworn sister Chen Ju, and becomes visibly distressed when A Huo appears to have died. Her compassion also has an uncompromising side: after encountering the aftermath of a massacre, she develops a lasting hatred of horse bandits 55 132 181 329.

Chen Duo loves fighting but has little attachment to military authority. Although capable of bold operational planning, she can be impatient and underestimate political consequences. Chen Mu attributes some of her carefree judgment to his own overprotection; she accepts reassignment rather than clinging to command 235 402.

She is willing to revise her views. After initially undervaluing Central Land’s customs, she embraces their reasoning and becomes particularly sensitive to bad manners. Her criticism of Buddhist asceticism likewise centers on a concrete concern: powerful cultivators pursuing personal liberation while doing little for others 55 63 706.

Abilities & Skills

Acala Heart Sutra and Vajra Techniques

• Cultivates the Acala Heart Sutra, emphasizing forceful attacks and exceptional defense 14 25 65.
• Uses the Vajra Fist Seal in close combat 25.
• Employs the Immovable Wisdom King Golden Body Shield and Wisdom King Possession against Jiang Ji 238.
• Her defenses do not erase large realm differences: Hu Peng injures her in a single exchange despite her accomplished defensive technique 181.

Buddhist Golden Body

• Possesses a Vajra Body recognized by the Supreme Living Buddha and uses Buddhist cultivation to repel rain 704.
• Masters the Sixteen-Foot Golden Body, placing her near the Buddhist Sect’s Physical Body Bodhisattva Realm 707.
• Later develops physical strength no weaker than that of the weakest True God Realm expert through Master Yuanqing’s guidance 743.
• Uses Buddhist techniques without committing herself fully to the Buddhist path 707.

Marksmanship and Weapon Operation

• Learns to use Rune Gun No. 2 under Chen Mu and kills a fourth-tier tiger-type demonic beast with it 56.
• Provides ranged support from protected array positions and elevated sniper locations 70 86.
• Can hesitate to fire when allies and enemies are fighting too closely together 72.
• Operates advanced energy weapons, Gatling guns, lasers, and heavy cannons through her combat equipment 328.

Military Command and Reconnaissance

• Specializes in defending positions, protecting logistics, and escorting supplies 193 210 218.
• Plans and leads the Five Elements Army’s surprise attack on the Jianglan stronghold 235.
• Uses reconnaissance puppets, panoramic battlefield maps, and a Xiaozhi clone’s information feed to monitor threats 235 239.
• Supervises the Demon-Slaying Sword’s training with upgraded weapons 330.

Great Dao Comprehension

• Receives three Great Dao Fruits from Chen Mu and successfully comprehends two of their Great Daos 743.
• Absorbs a World Seed before attaining godhood 743.
• Meets the requirements to create a plane and enter the True God Realm, but delays the breakthrough to improve her future plane’s potential through a third Great Dao 743.

Cultivation Limits

• Shows outstanding martial aptitude but fails to begin talisman cultivation despite more than a year of Chen Mu’s instruction 25.
• Relies on Chen Mu’s artifacts rather than personally crafting her rune equipment 53 56 363.
• Initially lacks the practical combat experience needed to exploit her superior cultivation methods fully 54.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Rune glasses — Made by Chen Mu to correct her high myopia, with a retaining cord for exercise. Her eyesight gradually improves as cultivation transforms her body 10 130.
• Dharma-Breaking Staff — One of two staffs Chen Mu forges from ten-thousand-year-old spirit wood, reinforced with auxiliary runes; used for close combat and the capture of Jiang Kechang 53 73 238.
• Rune Gun — Her principal early ranged weapon, used for hunting, examination battles, sniping, and the killing of Ge Yu 56 70 86 188.
• Protective artifacts and talismans — Supplied by Chen Mu; one protective artifact helps limit the injuries caused by Jiang Ji’s Setting Sun Divine Arrow 25 186 238.
• Flight wings — Equipment she learns to control while still at the Late True Spirit Realm 236.
• All-Terrain Detection System — Displays reconnaissance-puppet imagery as a virtual panoramic map and supports battlefield surveillance 235 239.
• Liquid metal armor — Developed from Illusory Silver Water and controlled with an intelligent program. Changes between armor, blades, guns, and cannons; enables her to fight an ordinary Early Emperor Level opponent 363.
• Taichu shutdown chip — Emergency safeguard entrusted to her in case Taichu malfunctions or becomes dangerous 425.

Relationships

• Chen Mu — Older brother, rescuer, first cultivation teacher, and equipment supplier. Her childhood dependence develops into a determination to protect him in return 1 14 25.
• A Huo — Longtime companion with a strongly affectionate bond. She is hurt by his prolonged absence and devastated when she believes him dead; their later diplomatic assignment is intended, in her view, to ease a suspected quarrel 137 210 329 704.
• Mingye — Close friend whom she calls “Sister Ming.” Chen Duo protects her during the Pavilion’s investigation, and Mingye later welcomes her warmly to the Netherworld 68 181 552.
• Qiu Zhen — Master who personally recruits her into Overlord Body Hall and helps her advance in cultivation 89 92.
• Master Yuanqing — Living Buddha whose instruction greatly improves her Buddhist golden body techniques 743.
• Chen Ju / Little Juzi — Rescued child and sworn younger sister. Chen Duo remains especially close to her, and Chen Ju picks up some of her enthusiasm for battle 54 132 194 360.
• Chen Hongjie — Third uncle and clan leader; helps care for her during childhood and later assigns her military duties 3 151 210.
• Meng Hui — Mother. Chen Duo wants revenge for her suffering, while Meng Hui later presses both siblings to marry 210 301.
• Chen Haoran — Father. Chen Mu suspects his bloodline explains her unusually long stay in the awakening altar 630.
• Little Moon — Azure Moon Wolf she defeats and binds through a Beast-Taming Talisman’s soul contract; later serves as her mount in battle 25 35.
• Manju Sacred King — Netherworld ally whom she calls “Auntie Manju”; promises full support for the Chen Kingdom in war 674.

Notable Quotes

“From now on, I'll leave the talisman-making to you, Brother. I'll just protect you, haha...” 25

“Five Elements Army, hear my order! All troops, retreat toward the river! I'll hold Jiang Ji off.” 238

“You only care about your own liberation, cultivating for some future life. But if you can't even cultivate this life properly, what future life is there to speak of?” 706